#030 - Adam Frank - Are We Alone In The Universe?
Modern Wisdom
Chris Williamson
4.7 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 17 September 2018
⏱️ 55 minutes
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Summary
Professor Adam Frank is an Astrophysicist at the University of Rochester, Author and a Founder of the NPR blog 13.7: Cosmos and Culture.
Get ready to blast your brain off into interstellar space as this badboy is my absolute favourite episode so far. Discover the likelihood of other alien civilisations in the universe, how we could colonise the galaxy in 700,000 years, where the future descendants of the human race are heading, the implications of global warming and an awful lot more.
If you love this episode, share it with a friend! It would make me very happy.
Further Reading:
Adam's Website: http://www.adamfrankscience.com/
Adam's new book: Light of the Stars: Alien Worlds and the Fate of the Earth: http://amzn.eu/d/5J3oyly
NPR Cosmos & Culture Blog: https://www.npr.org/sections/13.7/
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| 0:00.0 | Hi friends, are you ready to blast off into outer space? |
| 0:06.0 | Because this week is nothing short of mind blowing. |
| 0:11.0 | Professor Adam Frank is an astrophysicist at the University of Rochester, an author, |
| 0:16.0 | and a founder of the NPR blog, 13.7 Cosmotic Culture. |
| 0:21.0 | Now you may have heard him recently on Jorogan's podcast, |
| 0:24.0 | and that's where I fell in love with the material that he works on. |
| 0:28.0 | In short, today we're going to find out, are we alone in the universe? |
| 0:32.0 | Or at least what's the likelihood that we're alone in the universe? |
| 0:37.0 | This episode honestly ranks as my favourite one that I've recorded so far. |
| 0:42.0 | It felt like every two minutes there was some insane new statistic |
| 0:46.0 | that I'd never heard of or insight that I'd never thought of before. |
| 0:51.0 | From how humans could colonize the galaxy in as little as 700,000 years |
| 0:57.0 | to where the future descendants of the human race are heading |
| 1:01.0 | and the implications of global warming with an awful lot more thrown in, |
| 1:05.0 | this episode really is jam-packed. |
| 1:08.0 | Hopefully you'll love this episode as much as me. |
| 1:10.0 | And if you do, I'm going to ask a favour for the first time since I started the podcast. |
| 1:16.0 | If you enjoy it, please share it with a friend. |
| 1:19.0 | One friend, two friends, a favourite in a group chat, |
| 1:23.0 | screenshot the Apple Podcasts image or copy the link to listen from Spotify. |
| 1:30.0 | However you do it, I don't mind. |
| 1:32.0 | But sharing this podcast and increasing the number of exposures that we get |
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